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| TranceGiant |
Next year I'm GOING to be there. There will be no excuses. 
About the Ta trip there.
Sounds great! You can rent houses over summer, and with all the TA's we could have like an entire TA village.
*imagines hords of TA'S yelling "Pics or STFU" at passing women* :haha: |
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| caddyshack |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stasis
I'm definitely planning on going next summer. I just found out the other day that my father's uncle actually lives on the island. That's right, he doesn't visit Ibiza, he freakin' lives there all the time! Even though he's like 50 years old, and he's never met me, I wonder if he'd be willing to let his nephew's son come spend the summer with him? I'm gonna pass out from thinking of how cool it would be to just chill at a family member's house all summer in Ibiza while working a nice little day job to make some money and pay a rent, while partying away they weekends.
Ibiza and distant obscure relative, here I come! |
There is no such thing as "weekend" on ibiza, come to think of it not even day or night.
I don't think ibiza is over-rated, there is no place that has famous DJs like Ibiza does. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceGiant
Next year I'm GOING to be there. There will be no excuses.
About the Ta trip there.
Sounds great! You can rent houses over summer, and with all the TA's we could have like an entire TA village.
*imagines hords of TA'S yelling "Pics or STFU" at passing women* :haha: |
*drools |
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| danieldavid |
When i graduated HS, 3 years ago, for a grad present my parents said they would pay for a trip to Ibiza.
But, I could never get anyone to go with me! None of my HS friends have that kind of money, and even fewer care about some little island in the mediteranean.
So anyway, my question is whos planning trips for next year? Cuz i would love to go to Ibiza with some serious TAs. I know it helps to go in good size groups because you can rent entire houses for less than hotel rooms, but you need a good size group. So anyway if anyone is planning something please PM me, i wanna go!
Thanks! |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
Maybe next summer we could do a TA Ibiza trip. I dont know a single person who would go with me hehe. |
i'm down. i'm planning on going to europe this summer. would love to hit ibiza. would be cool if we could have a huge TA meet up there. |
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| nrjizer |
Hmm that wouldnt be a bad idea... get a couple of us shacked up, would definately save on rent, and it would be good to go with some other people.
Still its pure speculation... something to think about tho. |
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| UnBracKo |
I was this last september and was a great experience. It was my first trip with friends (I'm 18), first time to see Tiësto spinning in live, first time to have problems with police for drugs... Too many adventures in a few days! :D
About money yes! is to expensive if you want go to clubbing every day, but we found the drinks for a 3.5 € in a pub situated at WEst End, so drink before go to the club cos' inside the drink costs 10€. And also buy the tickets before, in San Antonio there is a Bar called Cat where a portuguese guy sell cheap tickets. Last day we had free entrance to Es Paradis. Personnally I spent an average of 150€ per day (I inlude food, hotel, transports, nightlife... all of costs).
I wanna go next summer for 2nd time. |
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| -]iCe[- |
| i went when i was 16, well july 2003 ! im 17 now and really want to go next year again as i loved it! no problems getting into clubs either. its amazing! |
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| vtec junkie |
| im going next summer.:crazy: |
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| Lost Inhibition |
| noobish question i know, but in all the ibiza threads i never really get a definative answer: what is the age limit at most of major clubs like amnesia or priviledge? |
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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Freak
hardly expensive to go from here.
Can get a flight for like £20 at the last minute, or even normal booking you can get one for about £80.
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Damn you are lucky.:eyes: |
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| DaveSaenz |
Here's the US magazine Newsweek's attempt at writing an Ibiza article:
The Road Rave
A generation travels the world in search of the perfect party
By Lorraine Ali
NEWSWEEK
Aug. 6 issue — Here’s a quick quiz to see if you’re ready for a rave vacation. Does dancing in the blazing Mediterranean sun at high noon in a cotton-candy-pink wig, vinyl chaps and melting body paint sound appealing? Is a sleepless week filled with pounding house music and disco “foam rooms” your idea of a getaway? Do you like the idea of spending an intimate evening under swaying palms with a crowd of 5,000, sweating to the sounds spun by DJs Sasha and Digweed? If you answered yes to any of the above, you may be ready to join the estimated 1.5 million visitors who will flock to the Spanish island of Ibiza this year between June and September to hit all-night dance clubs and get roasted at booming beach parties to sets by such superstar DJs as Fatboy Slim, Paul Oakenfold and Moby. Or you could catch up with the 50,000 who will attend the Full Moon dance parties in Thailand this winter, or visit London’s infamous Gatecrashers party on New Year’s Eve. Then there are the year-round trance clubs in Goa, India, and the weeklong Love Parade in Berlin every July. The list goes on.
IT’S ENOUGH TO KEEP any avid raver busy—and any caring
par:rolleyes:nt terrified. After all, indiscriminate sex and drugs are as synonymous with dance culture as shaved chests and tight T shirts, and doing either in a foreign country courts a whole new set of dangers. Despite the perils, the number of globe-trotting ravers is rising every year, creating a new breed of tour company specializing in “Adventure Travel Party Scene” packages. The leader in the field is BringItOn! Travel. BringItOn is a largely Internet-based American company that caters to twentysomething clubgoers. It operates under the motto “On the beach ‘til 7 p.m. In the clubs ‘til 9 a.m.”
Dozens of European travel agencies, particularly in England and Germany, have been targeting club kids for more than a decade. Now America is jumping on the party plane, cashing in on the growing interest in electronic music and DJ culture. “They struck upon an important niche,” says Kenton Williams, 27, a software salesman who bought a package tour to Ibiza last year. “A lot of people in their 20s work very hard all year and want to guarantee that their vacation is gonna be absolutely happening. For a tour operator to say, ‘We’ve got what you are looking for in terms of top-notch music, top-notch clubbing, top-notch beaches ...’ I mean, what more could you ask for?”
The new agencies certainly know how to bait the hook. BringItOn’s rock-bottom, student Ibiza package runs $1,299, and that includes inside info on all the best clubs as well as a room for six nights and air fare (for $200 more, it will throw in a VIP ticket to the biggest party on the island and a disco bus shuttle from airport to beach to club). The company is now looking to lure twentysomethings to parties in Thailand; Whistler, British Columbia; and Berlin. “Potential travelers ask, ‘Are there gonna be crazy, naked girls there? Are the clubs going all night?’ ” says company founder Taariq Lewis, 27. “I say yes, and the answer is always ‘Good. Then I’m there’.” And the party line on party drugs? “It’s up to them what they want to do,” says Lewis. “We make sure everyone gets insurance [which includes medical] and signs a waiver saying we’re not responsible for their behavior.”
Once the party’s in motion, it’s easy for ravers to forget that drug laws can be exceedingly harsh overseas. The U.S. State Department is quick to remind travelers that they can be sentenced to death for dealing large amounts of narcotics in Thailand, and it’s been reported that tourists can land in jail for a year if they’re found with more than seven tabs of ecstasy. Partygoers tend to gravitate to towns and islands accustomed to unin-hibited holiday behavior—but even these aren’t without risk. Ibiza has long been a liberal haven for decadent revelers—the drinking age is 16, and ecstasy is readily available there at $10 a tab, one third the going rate in New York. Since tourism makes up 80 percent of Ibiza’s gross domestic product, the conventional wisdom is that the government looks the other way. But even Ibiza has been trying to clean up its image, doubling its drug-related arrests last year.
Local hospitals, meanwhile, are left to deal with overdoses and the bad side effects of bootleg drugs. “It doesn’t surprise me,” says Jeffrey Bernstein, a doctor at the Florida Poison Center in Miami. “If I walked into a South Beach club on any given night, I would venture to guess that 80 percent of the people are on ecstasy.” Many popular club drugs, including ecstasy, can come in unpredictable doses. Hospitals near party-heavy areas of Thailand, such as the island of Phangnga, have special drug-overdose wings.
Yet the soul of a rave vacation is still the music. That’s what draws people in and helps forge a sense of community—whether it’s the sounds of commercial house music, the hypnotic draw of progressive trance or the frenetic beat of two-step garage. The holidaymakers love the booming, electronic party sounds supplied by DJs who travel on a circuit year-round, dropping into the newest hot vacation spot, wherever it may be. “It’s an international crowd and some drunk English lunatics,” says British DJ Fatboy Slim. “There is a certain magic and madness about it all.” To bottle that magic, promoters, record companies, clubs and travel agencies stay in tight contact. “There is always something happening,” says Lewis. “If I had enough manpower and resources, I could book these vacations year-round, with barely a slow spot between them. Then there are the up-and-coming places: Morocco, Iceland ... It’s everywhere. Now all we have to do is keep up.” And hope the music never stops.
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Sounds amazing. Is that 1300 student package a good deal?:conf: |
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